I have read through the inappropriate peeing thread and I have done most everything suggested. I dont want to have my cat put to sleep as he is a super affectionate and fun cat to own, but I cant get him to stop marking!!! There is no place here that will adopt him besides the "pound" which is simply certain death. My parents suggest I pay a vet to euthanize him, which I dont know if I could do.
Quick history: My cat, Jasper, is a male cat around 4 years old who was fixed at 6months old. The last couple years, I noticed him CONSTANTLY (10-20x/day) doing the "backing up and tail shaking" to walls, furniture etc. During this time, I was living at another apartment with a roomate, and the place was basically a pig stye most of the time(and his litterbox wasnt kept clean). It never even occurred to me that he might be spraying because every time I saw him do this behavior, he wasnt peeing. Well, obviously he WAS peeing some of the time because when we moved my couch, it smelled like it had been saturated in urine 1000 times!! Needless to say we threw the couch away.
When I moved into my new place(by myself), I kept him with a clean litterbox and a clean apartment. I thought surely he wouldnt continue with a clean litterbox, but he did. What I dont understand, is I see him doing the "spraying dance" CONSTANTLY!! Its like he fricking lives to spray! Sometimes, when he's anxious or hyper, I may see him do it 10 times in 10 minutes, but he doesnt actually spray anything. He does spray though. I have seen him do it in front of me, and when I'm not home. When he actually does spray, the "spray dance" is much more crouched and agressive. He only lets out one little squirt but its enough to piss me off royally. I've caught him numerous times and yelled, but it does nothing. I even put his food bowl next to my leather couch(one of his favorite spray targets) and the sonofabitch lifted his ASS SO HIGH THAT HE WAS ABLE TO SPRAY ABOVE HIS FOODBOWL without getting any pee on it!! I couldnt believe it!!
I've tried cleaning the spots thoroughly, scolding, moving food bowls and 2months of 2x/day feliaway spray. The feliaway did slow or almost stop the spraying for a little while, but now it seems to have no effect. I bought and installed one of the Feliaway plugins and he has since sprayed twice RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME not 2 feet away from the Plugin.
He cant see any cats where we live. he is a very needy and whiney cat.. I dont understand why he's so obsessed for spraying, its like he lives to spray.. I swear sometimes I think he's just going through the motions of spraying until he has some more urine to spray!
I give him an adequate amount of attention and playtime(at least 30minutes a day of petting etc) and he always likes to be near me unless he's whining to go outside which I never let him out) He seems to be obsessed with going outside and catching birds he sees in the windows and whines alot and exhibits spraying behavior during these times.
I dont want to get rid of him or have him put to sleep.. someone please help me!
Quick history: My cat, Jasper, is a male cat around 4 years old who was fixed at 6months old. The last couple years, I noticed him CONSTANTLY (10-20x/day) doing the "backing up and tail shaking" to walls, furniture etc. During this time, I was living at another apartment with a roomate, and the place was basically a pig stye most of the time(and his litterbox wasnt kept clean). It never even occurred to me that he might be spraying because every time I saw him do this behavior, he wasnt peeing. Well, obviously he WAS peeing some of the time because when we moved my couch, it smelled like it had been saturated in urine 1000 times!! Needless to say we threw the couch away.
When I moved into my new place(by myself), I kept him with a clean litterbox and a clean apartment. I thought surely he wouldnt continue with a clean litterbox, but he did. What I dont understand, is I see him doing the "spraying dance" CONSTANTLY!! Its like he fricking lives to spray! Sometimes, when he's anxious or hyper, I may see him do it 10 times in 10 minutes, but he doesnt actually spray anything. He does spray though. I have seen him do it in front of me, and when I'm not home. When he actually does spray, the "spray dance" is much more crouched and agressive. He only lets out one little squirt but its enough to piss me off royally. I've caught him numerous times and yelled, but it does nothing. I even put his food bowl next to my leather couch(one of his favorite spray targets) and the sonofabitch lifted his ASS SO HIGH THAT HE WAS ABLE TO SPRAY ABOVE HIS FOODBOWL without getting any pee on it!! I couldnt believe it!!
I've tried cleaning the spots thoroughly, scolding, moving food bowls and 2months of 2x/day feliaway spray. The feliaway did slow or almost stop the spraying for a little while, but now it seems to have no effect. I bought and installed one of the Feliaway plugins and he has since sprayed twice RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME not 2 feet away from the Plugin.
He cant see any cats where we live. he is a very needy and whiney cat.. I dont understand why he's so obsessed for spraying, its like he lives to spray.. I swear sometimes I think he's just going through the motions of spraying until he has some more urine to spray!
I give him an adequate amount of attention and playtime(at least 30minutes a day of petting etc) and he always likes to be near me unless he's whining to go outside which I never let him out) He seems to be obsessed with going outside and catching birds he sees in the windows and whines alot and exhibits spraying behavior during these times.
I dont want to get rid of him or have him put to sleep.. someone please help me!
lol.. put an ad in local papers to find a pretty female cat for this little bad boy.. Best of luck
